Lightning Flash, sheriff of stableton, was not one of those ponies. As protector of the town, he thought such days should come more often. However, he had too many other things on his mind to dwell on it. Foremost of these thoughts were the ghouls that had recently been spotted not too far outside town. So far they had only come within sight of the town itself once, but it still bore investigation. So far, nothing too drastic had happened. A few caravans had been beset by groups of strays, but they had all managed to fight the ferals off. It was only a matter of time before one of the caravans went missing, however. Lightning himself had too many responsibilities as the Sheriff to go hunt them down himself, however. Therefore. he had plastered the town with posters. He looked at the one he had just posted, the last of the lot, and nodded in satisfaction. The poster bore the words:
A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF A PACK OF FERAL GHOULS RECENTLY SPOTTED OUTSIDE STABLETON
A MEETING WILL BE HELD TODAY AT NOON OUTSIDE THE SHERIFFS OFFICE FOR ANYPONY WHO WANTS THE JOB
The remainder of the poster was taken up with a few details of the job, such as the area the ghouls had been spotted in and the expected size of the pack. On the bottom of the poster was a notice declaring an admittedly paltry reward, but it was the best that could be paid from the coffers of the Sheriffs office.